The 16th annual International Adventure and Discovery Film Festival, one of the highlights of the spring season, comes to Val d’Isere again from 16-19th April.

Eleven widely-different travel, wildlife, sport and adventure documentaries will be shown and then discussed with their makers.  Better still, you can watch them all for free.  The jury of five big-name adventurers will decide on three prize-winners, the audience get to vote for their favourite, and a new award means another winning film gets a showing on the Ushuaia TV channel.

As well as the main film shows there will be non-competition films, photo exhibitions and author interviews.   Frank Bruno will discuss his autobiography at the Mediatheque-Salle du Conseil Municipal on 18th April at 9.30 am; you’ll even be offered breakfast!

On 18th April an unmissable slack-wire demonstration on the main drag of Val’d'Isere will showcase the athletes of the film “I Believe I Can Fly”.  Slack-wire artistes don’t use any form of balance-bar.  Be prepared to scrape your jaw off the pavement by the time they finish.

Sherkan, a fish eagle, and Leman, a bearded vulture, who appear in the films Les Aigles de Leman and L’Envol du Geant, will be on hand to meet their fans at the Centre de Congres on 17-19th April; on 17th April, following a showing of L’Envol du Geant there will be a discussion about the re-introduction of the bearded vulture into the Vanoise national park and Leman will be appearing then too.

And of course, Val being what it is, skiing on brilliant spring snow will still be an important part of the agenda in between all the jollies.

Sounds like a terrific four days’ entertainment!